FIXED INCOME INVESTOR PRESENTATION - Lloyds Banking Group
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Simple, low risk customer focused UK bank with strong multi-channel franchise Clear strategic plan Iconic brands serving over 27m Strong franchise across key channels and products retail customers Channels market share Digital new business volumes(1) 22% OUR Helping Britain Branches market share 21% PURPOSE Prosper Product market share Consumer card balances 25% Current account volumes 25% Mortgage balances (open book) 20% Best bank for Customers, 19% OUR Retail deposit balances Communities, Colleagues AIM SME and small business balances 19% and Shareholders Consumer loan balances 15% Black Horse car finance (flow) 15% Home insurance GWP 12% Corporate pensions AuA (flow) 10% Average market share(2): 19% OUR Digitised, simple, low risk, Delivering Commercial payments (flow) sustainable 7% BUSINESS customer focused, UK growth Individual pensions & drawdown (flow) 3% financial services provider MODEL Commercial Banking Retail Insurance & Wealth Channels 1 – Volumes across PCAs, loans, savings, cards and home insurance. 2 – Average market share calculated for ‘core banking products’: consumer cards, PCAs, mortgages, retail deposits, SME and small business balances, consumer loan balances, Black Horse car finance. Market data Sources: ABI, Bank of England, CACI, eBenchmarkers, Spence Johnson, UK Finance. All market shares as at December 2017 except individual pensions and drawdown (September 2017). 1
Simple, single point of entry Group structure HoldCo (Lloyds Banking Group plc) Ring-Fenced Sub-Group (Lloyds Non-Ring-Fenced Sub-Group Insurance Sub-Group Equity Investments Bank plc) (LBCM) (Scottish Widows) Sub-Group Majority of Group activities, including: Primary business lines include: • Current Accounts & Transaction • Lending to Financial Institutions Operates as a stand-alone business. Operates as a stand-alone business. Banking • Financial Markets Derivatives No significant changes to business No significant changes to business • Savings & Deposits • Capital Markets anticipated as a result of ring-fencing. anticipated as a result of ring-fencing. • Lending to permitted clients • Non-EEA booked activity Equity Investments Lloyds Bank plc Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc Scottish Widows Group Limited Hold Co HBOS plc US Branch Scottish Widows Limited Bank of Scotland plc Singapore Branch EEA Subsidiary Key: EEA Subsidiary Jersey Branch GI Companies New entity Branch Lloyds Securities Inc. Lloyds Bank International Ltd EEA Subsidiary • 97% of Group’s customer loans and advances remain within the ring-fenced bank • Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets went live operationally in May 2018 • Limited additional restructuring required from a Brexit perspective Entity structure shown is simplified 2
Significant strategic progress with strong start to the Group’s latest strategic plan Transforming the Group for Strategic investment of £0.6bn in 2018 with focus on enhancing processes success in a digital world and customer experience Digitising the Group • Investment in robotics driving significant process improvement and enhanced productivity with c.600k colleague hours saved year to date • Private Cloud solutions delivering more efficient, scalable and flexible infrastructure Leading Customer Experience • Continued to transform branch account opening journeys, improving customer experience and reducing account opening times by almost 40% • Integrated API-led Open Banking proposition to be launched in November Transforming Ways of Working >£3bn strategic investment • c.40% uplift in colleague training to c.550k hours in 2018 2018 – 2020 3
Significant strategic progress with strong start to the Group’s latest strategic plan Transforming the Group for success in a digital world Maximising Group Capabilities – Financial Planning & Retirement • Strong performance to date with Insurance & Wealth open book AuA growth ahead of plan at >£11bn • Announced strategic partnership with Schroders to create a market- leading wealth proposition ‐ Personalised, advice-led proposition for affluent customers; aim for JV to be top-3 UK financial planning business within 5 years ‐ Wealth management and investment offering for high net worth customers ‐ Growth will be incremental to existing targets of >1m new pension customers and £50bn AuA growth by year end 2020 • Insurance and banking single customer view rolled out to >3m customers • Simplified pension consolidation process, reducing completion times and >£3bn strategic investment increasing conversion rate by 15% 2018 – 2020 4
Creating a market leading wealth proposition for customers Clear rationale for strategic partnership between Client Needs Mass Market two of UK’s strongest financial services businesses ‘Help me invest • Digitally enabled direct Financial Planning & my ISA Retirement offering Unique client base allowance’ Multi-channel distribution model Mass Affluent – Affluent • Joint venture – 50.1% holding Leading digital franchise ‘Help me plan for retirement’ • Personalised, advice-led proposition with referral arrangements Investment & wealth management expertise High Net Worth Customers Expert technology capabilities ‘Help me • 19.9% stake in Cazenove Capital manage my Well-established brand • Access to a leading wealth management and family office’ investment funds business Delivering significant growth in line with strategy Asset management capabilities covered by new long- - Growth will be in addition to existing £50bn term agreement FP&R open book AuA growth target Market leading wealth proposition with full and unique market offering - Aiming to become a top-3 UK financial planning business within 5 years 5
Strong financial performance with continued growth in profits and returns Net income £13.4bn • Statutory profit after tax of £3.7bn up 18% with underlying profit up +2% 5% at £6.3bn Cost:income ratio 47.5% ‐ Net income of £13.4bn, 2% higher, with NIM stable at 2.93% (incl. remediation) (2.5)pp ‐ Cost:income ratio further improved to 47.5% with positive jaws of Cost:income ratio 44.8% 5% and BAU costs(1) down 4% (excl. remediation) (1.1)pp ‐ Asset quality remains strong with gross AQR stable at 28bps; increased net AQR of 22bps due to lower write backs and releases £6.3bn Underlying profit • Continued growth with loans up £2.3bn in Q3, current accounts up +5% £7.5bn YTD and strategic partnership with Schroders announced Statutory profit after £3.7bn tax +18% • Increased RoTE of 13.0% and earnings per share up 21% to 4.7p • Strong CET1 capital increase of 162bps with 41bps in the quarter 4.7p Earnings per share and CET1 ratio of 14.6% post dividend accrual +21% • TNAV of 51.3p per share; up 0.3p on H1 before interim dividend Return on tangible 13.0% equity +2.5pp • £1bn share buyback complete with more than £3.2bn returned to shareholders during 2018, equivalent to over 4.5p per share Capital build (pre dividends) 162bps • Financial targets for 2018 and the longer term reaffirmed 1 – Operating costs, less investment expensed and depreciation. 6
Low risk business model with prudent participation choices and no deterioration seen across portfolio Asset quality ratio (bps) • Gross AQR stable at 28bps despite including MBNA; net AQR up due to lower releases and write backs -10 -6 -13 • Underlying credit quality remains strong with no 28 28 28 deterioration in credit risk 22 15 18 • Continue to expect net AQR in 2018 to be
Continued growth in targeted segments while continuing to optimise the portfolio Loans and advances (£bn) • Delivering prudent lending growth in targeted segments Q3 2018 267 41 100 37 445 - Open mortgage book in line with start of the year; continue to expect modest book growth in 2018 1 Jan - Continued high-quality growth in SME and Mid-markets 267 39 99 35 444 2018 (+£1.9bn)(4); in line with targeted £6bn growth by 2020 - Motor Finance growth continuing ahead of market with Open mortgage book Consumer(1) Commercial Banking increase of £0.9bn in 2018 Other(2) Irish mortgages - AuA growth >£11bn and >500k new pension customers, Risk-weighted assets both ahead of plan; targeting £50bn AuA growth and >1m (£bn) new customers by year end 2020 Q3 2018 86 94 27 207 • Completed sale of c.£4bn Irish mortgage portfolio • Strategy to grow current account balances, reduce 1 Jan tactical balances and optimise liability mix 88 91 28 211 2018 - Retail and Commercial combined current account balances up 7% in 2018 Commercial Banking Retail Other(3) Irish mortgages 1 – Includes Cards, Personal Loans and Motor Finance. 2 – Includes the closed mortgage book, Retail Business Banking, Insurance & Wealth and Central. 3 – Includes Insurance & Wealth, Central and threshold RWA. 4 – Includes Retail Business Banking. 8
Responsible Business progress recognised by market participants • The Group’s success is inextricably linked to the Helping Britain Prosper Plan priorities 2018(1) 2020(2) British economy – ESG already a key part of our strategy Lending to first time buyers £10bn £30bn People Individuals, businesses and charities trained • Focus on being a responsible, sustainable and 700k 1.8m inclusive business in digital skills Growth in assets managed in retirement and £8bn £50bn • Recognition across ESG segments: investment products(3) Businesses Growth in net lending to start-up, SME and • Euromoney ‘Best Western Bank for Corporate Mid Market businesses £2bn £6bn Responsibility’ Charities supported by our £100m • Business in the Community ‘Responsible Business commitment to the Group’s independent 2,500 7,500 of the Year’ for 2018 Communities charitable Foundations Percentage of senior roles held by women 36% 40% • Over 50% improvement in NPS since 2011 Percentage of roles held by Black, Asian 8.9% 10% • Strong ESG ratings from most agencies although and Minority Ethnic colleagues inconsistent methodologies result in significant variance 1 – Year end target. 2 – Cumulative from 2018. 3 – Growth in assets under administration in our open books. 9
UK economy remains resilient Employment rate(1) and GDP growth CPI inflation and pay growth(2) (%) (%) 4 62 7 2 61 5 0 3 60 (2) 1 59 (4) (1) (6) 58 (3) (8) 57 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 GDP growth (lhs) Employment rate (rhs) CPI inflation BoE estimates of Basle III Tier 1 Regular ratio payBasle growth III Tier 1 ratio Consumer credit balances as a proportion of household disposable income(3) • Economic growth recovering from weather-impacted (%) first quarter 20 -24% • Consumer incomes supported by record employment rate as real pay squeeze continues to abate 18 16 • Consumer debt service ratio down 24% from pre-crisis 14 • Global growth positive for UK exports 12 • Expect one rate rise per year 2018 to 2020 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 1 – Source: ONS, % of 16+ population. 2 – Source: ONS, Regular pay. 3 – Source: BoE, ONS, UK Finance and LBG calculations, % of annual disposable income. 10
Capital & MREL 11
Strong buffers maintained to current and end-state MDA 14.6% c.13% + c.1% • CET1 ratio of 14.6% post dividend accrual; Management buffer 162bps of CET1 build YTD 5.2% SRB 0.9% MDA trigger • Capital build of 200bps expected in 2018 and CCyB 0.4% MDA trigger 170-200bps through the plan CCyB 2.5% 1.875% CCB CCB • CET1 target remains c.13% plus a 2.6% 2.7% management buffer of around 1% Pillar 2A Pillar 2A • Pillar 2A CET1 requirement reduced to 2.6%(2) 4.5% 4.5% in H1 Pillar 1 Pillar 1 • UK leverage ratio remains strong at 5.3% Sep-18 Dec-19 end-state 1 – Chart not to scale; Systemic Risk Buffer to be communicated by the PRA in early 2019. 2 – Pillar 2A CET1 requirement will increase to 2.7% from 1 Jan 2019 following the entry into force of the UK’s ring- fencing regime. 12
Group ahead of 2020 MREL requirements and on track for 2022 31.0% HoldCo Senior • Strong total capital base: 21.8% at September 2018 (2 x P1) + P2A = 20.7% + Buffers HoldCo Senior • 31.0% MREL at September 2018; ahead of interim MREL requirement MREL eligible Total Capital MREL eligible Total Capital • S&P upgraded Lloyds Bank to ‘A+’ in 2018 to recognise growing buffer of MREL debt Sep-18 transitional MREL 2020 interim requirements position Notes: • Indicative interim MREL requirement of 20.7% plus buffers on the basis of 2018 TCR • Indicative final MREL requirement of 25.4% plus buffers on the basis of 2018 TCR – final to be confirmed following Bank of England review in 2020 13
Funding & Liquidity 14
Composition of wholesale funding as at 30 September 2018 Product, currency and maturity – £124bn £19bn(1) Gross Term Issuance £bn 10 9 8.8 7% 8 23% 22% MM Funding (< 1year) 7 23% Subdebt GBP 6 HoldCo Senior EUR 36% 5 15% Securitisation USD 3.9 4 21% Covered Bond OTHER 3 2.8 34% OpCo 16% 2 1.7 1.8 1 3% 42 39 0 HoldCo Senior Subordinated OpCo Senior Covered Bonds Securitisation Debt 27 LBG (HoldCo) Lloyds Bank (OpCo) 10 6 • £8.8bn HoldCo Senior issuance to Q3 2018 supporting continued MREL build < 1 year (MM) < 1 year 12mth < 2yrs 2yrs - 5yrs 5yrs + • Steady-state funding requirement of £15-20bn per annum 27% 73% • 2018 funding programme complete. May assess pre-funding 1 – £20.7bn gross term issuance 2018 YTD (as at 25 October 2018) opportunities 15
Global issuance capability supported by strong credit ratings LBG entity Credit Rating Product Programmes Senior Unsecured EMTN, SEC Registered Shelf, HoldCo Long-term A3 / Stable BBB+ / Stable A+ / Stable Lloyds Banking Subordinated debt Kangaroo, Samurai Group Short-term P-2 A-2 F1 - - Ring-fenced(1) Senior Unsecured GMTN, EMTN, SEC Long-term Covered Bonds Registered Shelf, Kangaroo, Aa3 / Stable A+ / Stable A+ / Stable RMBS Samurai, Uridashi Shelf, SSD, Lloyds Bank / Credit Card ABS NSV Bank of Scotland Short-term P-1 A-1 F1 Money Market (CD, CP) ECP, USCP Non-ring-fenced EMTN programme to be Long-term A1 / Stable A / Stable A / Stable Senior Unsecured established in H1 2019 LBCM Money Market (CD, Yankee Short-term P-1 A-1 F1 CD, CP) ECP/CD, Yankee CD (Green denotes positive movement in 2017/18) 1 – Excluding HBOS as it is no longer an active issuance entity. 16
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Cost discipline enables greater investment capacity and increased returns Market leading efficiency position Cost:income ratio(1), % 51.9 Low 40s incl. Market leading 47.7 remediation Freeing up efficiency capital for >£3.0bn 45.8 44.9 Higher NPS scores strategic investment H1 2017 H1 2018 2020 (Exit) Incl. Remediation Excl. Remediation Improvement to Greater Greater investment capacity Statutory Total strategic investment customer RoTE investment +40% experience 14-15% capacity >£3.0bn from 2019 Future proofing our End-to-end business model transformation 2015-2017 2018-2020 Committing to net cost reductions Operating costs(2), £bn Net cost Enhancements reduction to to internal 4.0 4.0 8.2
Loans and Advances to Customers (H1 2018)(1) Other personal lending, £29bn, 6% Lease financing, £2bn, 0.4% Postal and telecommunications, Hire purchase, £15bn, 3% £2bn, 1% Property companies, £27bn, 6% Mortgages, £299bn, 63% Transport, distribution and Other Industries, £65bn, 14% hotels, £14bn, 3% Construction, £5bn, 1% Financial, business and other services, £63bn, Agriculture, forestry and 13% fishing, £7bn, 2% Manufacturing, £8bn, 2% Energy and water supply, £2bn, 0.4% 1 – Excludes allowances for impairment losses, and includes advances securitised under the Group’s securitisation and covered bond programmes. Includes reverse repos of £26.7bn. 19
H1 2018 Credit quality – diversified, high quality £290bn UK mortgage portfolio Mortgage portfolio quality Geographically diversified mortgage portfolio(1) (%) (£bn) 56.4 53.3 49.2 46.1 Lloyds 43% 43% 14% 44.0 43.6 43.5 81.9 86.4 89.0 89.5 88.8 70.4 Rest of 59.6 50% 40% 10% market 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 HY 2018 2018 Proportion 80% LTV Average LTV London and South East Rest of England Rest of UK Mortgage new to arrears as proportion of total portfolio (%) • High quality portfolio with low average LTV of 43.5% 0.8% ‐ Mainstream residential, largely outside London and SE 0.6% ‐ Prudent credit decisioning prioritised over volume 0.4% ‐ New residential lending stressed at 300bps over SVR 0.2% • No deterioration in credit seen across the portfolio; mortgage new to arrears continue to fall 0.0% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 1 – Share of stock; market based on CACI data for 2017. 20
H1 2018 Strong Mortgage LTVs reflecting low risk profile of our business Jun 2018 Dec 2017 Dec 2016 Dec 2010 Mainstream Buy to let Specialist Total Total Total Total(1) Average LTVs 41.7% 52.2% 46.2% 43.5% 43.6% 44.0% 55.6% New business LTVs 63.2% 57.6% n/a 62.3% 63.0% 64.4% 60.9% ≤ 80% LTV 87.7% 94.1% 88.6% 88.8% 89.5% 89.0% 57.0% >80–90% LTV 9.9% 4.3% 6.2% 8.7% 8.0% 8.0% 16.2% >90–100% LTV 2.0% 1.1% 2.1% 1.9% 1.9% 2.3% 13.6% >100% LTV 0.4% 0.5% 3.1% 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 13.2% Value >80% LTV £27.7bn £3.2bn £1.7bn £32.6bn £30.7bn £32.4bn £146.6bn Value >100% LTV £0.9bn £0.3bn £0.5bn £1.7bn £1.8bn £2.1bn £44.9bn 1 – Mortgage LTVs as at H1 2018 2- 2010 LTVs include TSB. 21
H1 2018 Credit quality – consumer finance portfolio benefits from conservative underwriting and prudent assumptions Credit cards – new to arrears as proportion of total book (%) • Prime credit card book with conservative risk appetite 2.0% ‐ No deterioration seen across the portfolio 1.5% ‐ New to arrears falling 1.0% ‐ MBNA performing in line with expectations 0.5% ‐ Prudent Effective Interest Rate accounting across credit cards with small deferred income asset 0.0% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Average used car prices(1) • Prudent approach to Motor Finance (£) 11,000 ‐ Used car prices remain resilient ‐ Continue to make a profit on sale of vehicles given 10,000 prudent residual values 9,000 ‐ Additional protection from c.£200m residual value / specific event provision 8,000 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Average used car sale price Average used diesel car sale price 1 – Lex Autolease rolling six month average; excludes commercial vehicles. 22
H1 2018 Net interest income increase driven by improved margin and AIEA growth Net interest income and margin • Net interest income up 7% to £6.3bn driven by an (£bn, %) 2.90% 2.93% 3 improved margin of 2.93% and higher AIEAs 2.82% 2.74% 2.69% ‐ Lower funding and deposit costs more than offset 2.8 mortgage pricing pressure 2.6 2.4 5.8 5.7 5.9 6.4 6.3 2.2 ‐ Asset margin benefiting from positive mix change, 2 including benefit from MBNA 1.8 • NIM for 2018 now expected to be in line with H1; H1 16 H2 16 H1 17 H2 17 H1 18 continue to expect resilient NIM through the plan Net interest income Net interest margin • Medium term outlook underpinned by approach to managing margins Key product mix and gross margin(1) ‐ Management of mortgage margins (Book size £bn, Gross margin %) 1.9% ‐ Asset growth in higher margin, targeted segments 2.4% ‐ Further opportunities to improve liability mix, reprice deposits and targeted growth 301 7.1% 289 56 62 ‐ Strong deposit franchise generating increased 40 contribution from the structural hedge 24 2014 H1 18 2014 H1 18 2014 H1 18 ‐ Improved credit ratings Mortgages Consumer finance SME & Mid-markets(2) • Positively exposed to rising interest rates 1 – 2014 excludes TSB; gross margin is gross customer receivables or payables, less short term funding costs (LIBOR or relevant swap rates). 2 – Retail Business Banking included within SME. 23
Regulatory Stress Testing PRA 2018 PRA 2017 PRA 2016 PRA 2015 PRA 2014 EBA 2018 EBA 2016 – High inflation – High inflation – Low inflation – Low inflation – High inflation – Deflationary – Low inflation Description – Sterling fell 27% – Sterling fell 27% – Sterling fairly flat – Sterling up vs euro – Sterling fell 30% – Sterling fairly flat – Sterling fairly flat – 5 year scenario – 5 year scenario – 5 year scenario – 5 year scenario – 3 year scenario – 3 year scenario – 3 year scenario GDP -4.7 -4.7 -4.3 -3.2 -3.9 -5.9 -4.2 (peak-to-trough, ppts) Unemployment +5.2 +4.7 +4.5 +3.5 +5.2 +4.6 +4.5 (start-to-peak, ppts) House prices -33.0 -33.0 -31.0 -20.0 -34.6 -31.0 -11.1 (peak-to-trough, ppts) CRE values -40.0 -40.0 -42.0 -29.7 -30.0 -32.0 -29.3 (peak-to-trough, ppts) Equities -44.8 -44.8 -42.9 -36.0 -27.8 -32.0 -32.7 (peak-to-trough, ppts) Base rate 4.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 4.25 1.0 1.25 (low / high point, ppts) 5-yr swap rate +5.1 +5.1 +0.6 -0.9 +3.9 +0.9 +0.7 (start-to-high/low, ppts) 24
Sustainability Initiatives Our vision is to be the best bank for customers. By putting customers at the heart of everything we do, and operating sustainably and responsibly, we believe we will create long-term value for our customers and shareholders Helping People Helping Businesses Housing Growth Partnership UK Manufacturing • Set up by Lloyds Banking Group and the Homes and • We have committed to provide £1bn of financial Communities Agency (an arm of the UK Government) as an support to clients in 2018, as part of a total ‘equity fund’ to support the growth of small/medium commitment of £3bn by 2020, in this critical sector of housebuilders and developers the economy • In 2018, the Group was able to commit to enhanced targets of Exporting building a further 500 homes in 2018 and 1,500 between 2018 • We have committed on helping 5,000 clients export and 2020 for the first time in 2018, and a total of 15,000 Social Housing clients by 2020. This builds on our partnership with • Commercial Banking has a strong commitment to the social housing sector, and has the Department for International Trade which saw committed to provide £750m of new funding support to clients in 2018, as part of a us help 17,000+ clients to trade internationally for total commitment of £2.25bn by 2020 the first time Helping the Environment Helping Communities Green Loans Tackling Social Disadvantage across Britain • In 2018 we launched the £2bn Clean Growth Financing Initiative (CGFI), providing • Lloyd’s employees raised over £1.25m for charities in 2017 and volunteered discounted funding to help British businesses reduce environmental impacts over 37,000 hours in local communities Coal Policy • The Commercial Banking challenge for employees was first held in 2007 and • In 2018 we introduced a new coal policy: no funding for new coal-fired power stations has been held every year since, raising over £1.5m or thermal coal mines Championing Britain’s Diversity Renewable Energy • We are a champion of diversity and believe that everyone • In 2018 we launched a new target to should have the opportunity to reach their full potential support infrastructure transactions (such • We aim to increase the percentage of senior roles held by as windfarms) that will produce women to 40% and the percentage of roles held by Black, renewable energy for the equivalent of Asian and Minority Ethnic colleagues to 10% by 2020 5m homes by 2020 25
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Debt Investor Relations Contacts Website: www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/investors/fixed-income-investors INVESTOR RELATIONS LONDON Douglas Radcliffe Edward Sands Group Investor Relations Director Director, Investor Relations +44 (0)20 7356 1571 +44 (0)20 7356 1585 douglas.radcliffe@lloydsbanking.com edward.sands@lloydsbanking.com GROUP CORPORATE TREASURY LONDON Richard Shrimpton Peter Green Gavin Parker Group Capital Management and Issuance Director Head of Senior Funding & Covered Bonds Head of Securitisation and Collateral +44 (0)20 7158 2843 +44 (0)20 7158 2145 +44 (0)20 7158 2135 Richard.Shrimpton@lloydsbanking.com Peter.Green@lloydsbanking.com Gavin.Parker@lloydsbanking.com ASIA Vishal Savadia Tanya Foxe Peter Pellicano Head of Capital Issuance, Ratings & Debt IR Capital Issuance, Ratings & Debt IR Regional Treasurer, Asia +44 (0)20 7158 2155 +44 (0)20 7158 2492 +65 6416 2855 Vishal.Savadia@lloydsbanking.com Tanya.Foxe2@lloydsbanking.com Peter.Pellicano@lloydsbanking.com 27
Forward looking statements and basis of presentation Forward looking statements This document contains certain forward looking statements with respect to the business, strategy, plans and /or results of the Group and its current goals and expectations relating to its future financial condition and performance. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Group's or its directors' and/or management's beliefs and expectations, are forward looking statements. By their nature, forward looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend upon circumstances that will or may occur in the future. Factors that could cause actual business, strategy, plans and/or results (including but not limited to the payment of dividends) to differ materially from forward looking statements made by the Group or on its behalf include, but are not limited to: general economic and business conditions in the UK and internationally; market related trends and developments; fluctuations in interest rates, inflation, exchange rates, stock markets and currencies; the ability to access sufficient sources of capital, liquidity and funding when required; changes to the Group's credit ratings; the ability to derive cost savings and other benefits including, but without limitation as a result of any acquisitions, disposals and other strategic transactions; changing customer behaviour including consumer spending, saving and borrowing habits; changes to borrower or counterparty credit quality; instability in the global financial markets, including Eurozone instability, instability as a result of the exit by the UK from the European Union (EU) and the potential for other countries to exit the EU or the Eurozone and the impact of any sovereign credit rating downgrade or other sovereign financial issues; technological changes and risks to the security of IT and operational infrastructure, systems, data and information resulting from increased threat of cyber and other attacks; natural, pandemic and other disasters, adverse weather and similar contingencies outside the Group's control; inadequate or failed internal or external processes or systems; acts of war, other acts of hostility, terrorist acts and responses to those acts, geopolitical, pandemic or other such events; changes in laws, regulations, practices and accounting standards or taxation, including as a result of the exit by the UK from the EU, or a further possible referendum on Scottish independence; changes to regulatory capital or liquidity requirements and similar contingencies outside the Group's control; the policies, decisions and actions of governmental or regulatory authorities or courts in the UK, the EU, the US or elsewhere including the implementation and interpretation of key legislation and regulation together with any resulting impact on the future structure of the Group; the ability to attract and retain senior management and other employees and meet its diversity objectives; actions or omissions by the Group's directors, management or employees including industrial action; changes to the Group's post-retirement defined benefit scheme obligations; the extent of any future impairment charges or write-downs caused by, but not limited to, depressed asset valuations, market disruptions and illiquid markets; the value and effectiveness of any credit protection purchased by the Group; the inability to hedge certain risks economically; the adequacy of loss reserves; the actions of competitors, including non- bank financial services, lending companies and digital innovators and disruptive technologies; and exposure to regulatory or competition scrutiny, legal, regulatory or competition proceedings, investigations or complaints. Please refer to the latest Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of certain factors and risks together with examples of forward looking statements. Except as required by any applicable law or regulation, the forward looking statements contained in this document are made as of today's date, and the Group expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward looking statements contained in this document to reflect any change in the Group’s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. The information, statements and opinions contained in this document do not constitute a public offer under any applicable law or an offer to sell any securities or financial instruments or any advice or recommendation with respect to such securities or financial instruments. Basis of presentation The results of the Group and its business are presented in this presentation on an underlying basis. The principles adopted in the preparation of the underlying basis of reporting are set out within the 2018 Q3 Interim Management Statement. © Lloyds Banking Group and its subsidiaries 28
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